Yep, my OB was absolutely wonderful with it all. She had to cut his cord before he was fully out, but DH wasn't too bothered about not getting to cut it after all. She was so calm about it all that the true reality of the situation didn't even occur to me until a few weeks later when I was talking to a friend about how my birth had gone.

Just remember that you won't be able to go straight to the scalp monitor, it's only useful once your waters have broken and you're partly dilated already. Mine went on at 5cm.

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